The sold-out 2025 ASUTIL Conference took place in Lima, Peru last week at an opportune time for both the host city and the Latin America region as a whole. The new terminal at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport officially started operations on June 1, just one day before the ASUTIL Conference returned to the city […]
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Latin America continues to demonstrate a strong post-pandemic recovery in international air travel, outperforming the global trend, according to data just released from ASUTIL and m1nd-set in an inaugural joint newsletter. Latin American Duty Free Association ASUTIL – Asociación Sudamericana de Tiendas Libres – has partnered with travel retail research agency m1nd-set to provide the […]
A detailed presentation of Latin America & Caribbean shopper and air traffic research was presented by Swiss-based research agency m1nd-set at the annual ASUTIL conference, where m1nd-set CEO & Owner Dr. Peter Mohn revealed that the younger generations from the Latin America and Caribbean region are the highest spenders in travel retail. Gen Zs spend […]
The 2024 ASUTIL Conference held last week in Bogotá, Colombia at the Hilton Bogotá Corferias perfectly reflected the city where it was held: magical, relevant, and filled with Latin flair. A maximum capacity 307 people attended the TFWA-managed event. Travel Markets Insider had a front row seat for the week and presents highlights of the sold-out conference […]
For a company that has roots going back to the 1800s, Weitnauer Group is still evolving and staying relevant nearly 160 years after it was founded. With the expansion of its distribution network, Weitnauer has developed into a leading organization providing duty free operation services, sales, and distribution resources to major brand owners. Just this […]
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There is an air of excitement around the 2024 ASUTIL Conference taking place in Bogotá. This year’s event is the first ASUTIL in Colombia, and is also the first Conference with Carlos Loaiza-Keel as head of the South American Duty Free Association, after he took over for Jose Luis Donagaray as Secretary General late last […]
ASUTIL has revealed a refreshed and “action-packed program” of learning, networking, and social elements for the 2024 ASUTIL Conference, taking place in Bogotá, Colombia from June 18-21. For the second year, the Conference is being managed by TFWA. The conference will open on Wednesday, June 19th with addresses from ASUTIL President Enrique Urioste, ASUTIL Secretary Carlos […]
Pledging “a carefully curated conference program and a series of engaging networking opportunities,” ASUTIL General Secretary Carlos Loaiza-Keel is expecting more than 300 delegates to attend the annual ASUTIL Conference taking place in Bogotá on June 18-20 at the Hilton Bogotá Corferias. For the second year in a row the event is co-organized with TFWA. Loaiza-Keel noted […]
Early Bird rates expire April 9 Pre-registration is now open for the 2024 ASUTIL Conference taking place in Bogotá, Colombia on June 19-20. Registration will remain open until Friday, June 7. Early bird registration rates will be available until Tuesday, April 9. Regular rates will apply from April 10th onwards. Fully registered delegates can access […]
It is the end of an era at ASUTIL — the South American Duty-Free Association (ASUTIL) – with the announcement this week that Jose Luis Donagaray is stepping down from his role as Secretary General after more than 20 years in October. Donagaray will be succeeded by another familiar personality working in support of South […]
South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL announced today that it will be holding its own in-person duty free border conference in November 2022 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil, (safe and health concerns permitting) and a return to the full ASUTIL conference in 2023. Speaking at an online press conference from Montevideo on Wednesday, ASUTIL Secretary […]
The Uruguayan Chamber of Border Shops, CEFSU, and South American Duty Free Shops Association ASUTIL, hosted a virtual Border Shops meeting entitled “Returning to Normality” on Nov. 23. After a welcome from Carlos Loaiza, secretary general of CEFSU, and ASUTIL Secretary General Jose Luis Donagaray, Gustavo Fagundes, ASUTIL President and Dufry do Brasil CEO, set […]
The vaccination process is going forward in South America, albeit slowly, reported José Luis Donagaray, Secretary General of South American Duty Free Association ASUTIL during a far-ranging webinar last Wednesday. With an average of only 18% of the population currently fully vaccinated in the region, Donagaray confirms that the region is still far behind North […]
